AN EVENING GOWN OF BLACK STRIPED satin, WITH BRUSSELS LACK SHAWLDRAPED A L'EMPIRE.

8( ÍIOOL OOMMENCEM ENTí

ALEXANDER HAMILTON POST PIBENTS A FLAG T« > GRAMMAR

SCHOOL NO, -4.

WAsniNaTON'a portrait a oítt to thh mczhFROM TUE BONB OF THE AMERICAN REVO¬

LUTION.EIGHTY-TWO BOT8 ORADU-

ATE FROM NO. in.The curan..: ...:.:: txel 'Ises und graduates'

eci'tion of Grammar B 100I No. :4, Madlson-sanJ One-hut-. I:«-':-.-.:.l-:-.v,::tv-!lfth-st.. Which tplace y-»stc: lay mot nine;, made the day one ofportante to th« I twenty-flve rotgirls who revived diplomas compos« 1 the first gruatins class, as Um s :hool has been organisedonly a UtU« ;n re than a year. 01 the twenty»!Î5 per cent hav« been admitted to college.An of the i>u;.i'.s, MQ i:i i. imber, '.< part in

choruses and drills, and the recitations weremembers f the grs lass.Two festuree of special li t« I wi re the presen

ttsa of a flag from Al \ rsder H: rn n Post, O.R , and a p irtrali Of Wash the Sons ofAmerican Revolution. Captain R< Idy presentho Ha»; w.th an appropriate s ldress, to whi m Pr«der.t Hnbbell, of the Board of Education, mad«:happy replyEdwar-l Payson Cone, representing the Erne

State Society of th« E Amerl an Revotion. present« : a fram« copy of Gilbert BtuaiAthenaeum portrait of Waahlngton. He ezpresipleasure la ta ng .. to pr» the portrait to thesaying that lie hoj.ed many of their numlier woisome day i"1 members of tl kindred patrl« tlcsoclelthe Dsughtera of the American Revolution. 1said: "We present this picture to you becausebelieve Its Influence will be an aid In the formst!of character, as an Inspiration toward nil thatgood,"The Empire s te B lety of the Suns of t

Aausrican ):¦ lutl nl »erected no exterior tab!«in this city, but it has presented over two hundrand fifty coplee of this celebrated picture to tvarious departments of th« public schools of t:.-.. tropolj t a coal oui fl.SOO."Each portrait Is 31 by Tl Inches in size, heavl

framed in oak. and bears a brass plate ins.-rio»¦'Presented bj th« Empire itate Society of tlSons of the Amerl« in Revolution." Th»' locchapters of the socletj have also undertaken sinlar w< rk ,.. Buffalo ind R« ¦: ester.The Ath« n mm portrait, although nn unflnlsli«

Work, waa m I« et« d by the eoctety for several reieons It wsa palnt«rd from Ufe si d was so falthfa likeness In the estimation of Washington hlmsethat be said to Stuart thai he would sit for hiagain any ¡im*- It was painted In a barn fix»ui> for as Jusi outalde of Phlladclphliwhither Stuart tied to ei the annoyance of unumcroua 'alien In the city. In these humble su;roundlnga th« "Father of His Country" sal for nj inter and allowed nis feature« to be tranaferr«to canva« for future generation« to gase upoiThe face Itself Is finished In the perfection of aithe in.Hi..- . rtl n being the coat. Several reisons nave b» n as rlbed for the In ompletenessthe picture. One Is ti.it Stuart was making replcas of it while it waa still on his easel, .» hundrey. m ago It i« II a a source of rev«him; aid Washington, knowing Stuart's d»>»ire tretain the onaented to take a rcitllcaIts .1,1.. gtu then h.-.d no r< finishami purp« »< :.' left II Incomplete, thai it mlghihanded dov, y to his f:mi!>. Aft«Stuart's death a number -t wealth) gentlemepurchased It fnm his wl resented ¡t tthe Boat '. «m it I« d< sited for salkeeping In th« Ho on lui im oí Fine ArtsMisa Ri repli -i In a ne« of thportrait. The v toi w - ren --\ EU« n M« Ilirren. Wlllli m li Hurlbui pr« nted the diploma¡nd mail- th.- address to il. Kl d lat« -Th«- gradua! were Harriet M, Bloodgootl, llar

riel K (Doran A CL Davlaon, Elsii 1. Goodwin Maud H« Jos« phli I- tacs GertrudJalonack, M> A. Konther. Jennje M LewiniL'.lllan M. i. .. .r, Lillian R. Lang, Ellen ÍMellgren D . Ml."- Marie McCarthy, LllllaiMann, Edith E Mai Ist Rmily I. Maeder, AnnlM her. Alle« M l*ow.-rs, Louise I. O'ltrlen. MarlRot ois Lillian B. Kii-v. Helen H. Strickland, RutlVorhls and Mary A. Walal

GRAMMAR SCHOOL N". 39.Eighty-two boys formed the graduating class o

Qrammir School Ko, .'.'¦>. No. Ziô East Omvhundredand-twetnty-flfth-st., ;.:. Gray, Kdwln Hoffman,John l. ii«-t It«.;. Heizf« der Chsrl «" ¡\"'.|iCharles L Kahle Rudolph J' Koops, AlexanderH. Kuehii. J Charles I.. ¦-,-. Arthur i: ).-, I'lgneGeorge A. llenos, Bertram r. Anna C. Bsaoefer. AnnaM Shaw Eilnor V. Shorten, Henrietta A. Specht,Ada .1. Stern, Cornelia E. Btraesburs, '/.întt.i Te-kulsky, Caroline L. Walter, Emma M. Williamsonand Emma Yankauer.Junior Clas« Annie G. Ahearn, Minnie M

Beckel, Martha M. Davis, Nettie Davis. MinnieDreyer, Katherine V, Fallón. Sadie Qoldtteln,Fannle Gray, Rosabel Kahn Lillian Karger,Elisa s, Knthman, Estelle Kihn. Fannle Marks.Juliet V. Mahoney, Margaret M. ni. Mary S. Mo¬ran, Lulu M. Nagel, lennette Orensteln, BerthaH. Plat h, Bosetta Vander Poorten, Roae K Pul-vermacher, Kate Pusehmann Florence J, Buter,Louisa K. Rucarerl, Fanny Schiff, Carrie Steinerand Clara E, /ahn

THE DAY'S GOSSIP.

The Musi- Teachers' (.'on vent lor opens this mom-ihi? at 9:30 o'clock in the Grand fVntrnl Palace. Ati'.;: o'clock )n the evening tho woman'a departmentwill give a reception In the Murray Hill Hotel tomembers of the association and assisting artists.

At a recent neetlng of the Woman's ChristianTemperance Union of Bayonne, H. J a resolutionwas adopted pledging the momliere to tho supportnf tho proposed constitutional amondmont rostor-Ing schon! sutTr.ico to tin women of tho State. Acollection wan taken up in aid of tho ohject.

The Woman's Club of Des Moines. Iowa, will"man" tin- streetcar system of the city to-day byplacing tho pr« tti'-st «Iris on tho cars ns condm-tors.Th.' 1'i-s M oinea H.»m.- fur th.- Aged w.ll benefit la¬th" chili's management, while no doubt the mon ofthe town will take numerous car rides "over thehills anil far away" in un unusual hurst of philan¬thropic enthusiasm.

The rocov-ry of tha Princess Trouhetskoi. neeAmôll« Rives, who is suffering from norvou« pros¬tration, is said to he despaired of.

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The graduating eierclsea of Urammar School No.'.'. Nos. 21 «nd ¿1 East One-hundred-and-twenty-i.fth-st., will be held thla morning at 3:30 o'clock.

Ti.o free claaa in sewing, embroidery, fancy w..rkan.l millinery will meet this eveniiiK at th« ToungWomen's Christian Association, No, 7 Bast Flf-' nth-et., un.l will be continued during th.; sum-

There will h« a special meeting of the Profession¬al Woman'.- League this afternoon at 8 o'clock atth«.' clubrooma, No. 1,608 Broadway.Tho graduation exercises of the Normal Colleg«

win begin this morning at 10o'clock.

Th«- twenty-sixth annual commencement ofGrammar School No. ¦;«. Webster-ave., Fordhaniw.ll begin to-day at 1:30 o'clock.

Till. 8USDAY EXCURSION XÜI8AXCE.

BTEPfl TAKEN i:v THE TRUSTEEg or Tin: VH»LAOE OF tVHITESTOKE TO KEEP PAR¬

TIES PROM I.ANI'INiî THERE.The nuisances which Sunday excursion parties

have mail" of theniseivs f.ionif thé Long Islandpliure adjacent to New-York, and about whichmar.y complaints have been made in years past.has at last resulted in definite action PresidentBidell Tilghman, '.f tin- village of Whitest.m. yes¬terday issu.-.l a ]¦ tter tu ail the steamboal cumpaii.esrunning Sunday excurslona ¿a follows:

I d.siro to call your attention to a resolutionadopted by th. i:.i.nd nt Trustees of tho vil¬lage of Whltestonc, prohibiting the landingwithin said village "i ateamboata, barges, tugs,etc., having on board any picnic or excur¬sion partie«. Then Is also now in force anordinance prohibiting 'he landing of such par¬ti.-- .ci Sunday, ..ad also on weekdaya without.medal license from the president of the Board.Thi- resolution and the ordinance will he strictly en¬forced, and anj violation will be punlsh«>d to thefullest' extent "f the law.

I ,,,,t j'y -ic, In order 'hat If any of your hoatshave been engaged in transporting these parties toWhlteaton« you may discontinue samo [n future,and thuaavoid serious trouble. If it I.mir- necee-s-ir\ for the enforcement of this order to arrest and¡letsln am of the offlt-era of any vesael attemptingto make a landing m violation of samo, such actionwill i... taken. _

Till. VXD (IF A SMALL Hoys Dor,."Please, c